Colorado vs. Stanford odds: Early point spread released on Buffaloes, Cardinal

Deion Sanders and Colorado are now fully immersed in the Pac-12 schedule after a Week 6 win against Arizona State, 27-24, due in large part to more late heroics by Shedeur Sanders. The Buffaloes now turn their attention to Stanford, and the early point spread is out.

Colorado is a 9.5-point favorite over Stanford, according to FanDuel. The over-under is set at 64.5.

Colorado has been the talk of the college football world this season since Coach Prime took over the program. The Buffs started the year 3-0, but suffered back-to-back losses against Oregon and USC before squaring off against Arizona State.

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Sanders offered some mixed feelings on the amount of attention his program has gotten since he took over in December.

“I don’t know if it’s all love. I don’t think it’s all love. You haven’t checked the responses from the coaches that we’re participating against,” Sanders said. “But we’re excited, truly, with the attention that’s warranted to this wonder, beautiful university. I’m excited and elated to be the coach here. I’m excited to really talk about the wonderful attributes that we possess. The young men, they don’t see it because they’re in it. Often times, we can step a foot out of it, and we see it from another viewpoint, and a vantage point. They don’t see it, and they’re so young. I didn’t see it either, when I was in college or early in my pro career.

“But I’m happy and thankful that we’re a voice of hope. Just desire and want, I think that’s the thing that’s touching souls around the country. That person that no one believes in, that person that no one desires, that person that’s stepped over, stepped by and stepped past. We represent that person.”

Stanford is heading into the game against Colorado off its bye week. The Cardinal won their first game of the year against Hawaii, but have lost four straight since — including a close, 21-20 loss to Arizona on Sept. 23. Last week, Stanford fell to Oregon 42-6 to drop to 1-4.

It hasn’t been an ideal start to Troy Taylor’s tenure as head coach. The Cardinal rank toward the bottom of the Pac-12 in both total offense and total defense, meaning there’s an opportunity for Colorado to continue its quest for bowl eligibility. That would be quite an accomplishment for Sanders’ group considering the over-under win total was set at just 3.5 prior to the season opener.

Kickoff between Colorado and Stanford is set for Oct. 14 at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN.

On3’s Steve Samra contributed to this report.